JULY 1 st 1916 The Battle of the SOMME Casualties from Batley and Birstall on that day Analysis of the casualties, Battalion deployments and final resting places of the soldiers or their Memorial listing (Prepared for Project BUGLE by Kevin McQuinn and Georgia Walker) Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 1 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
1 st July 1916 Allied Divisions 31 29 Distances Albert Calais 98.6mi/ 158km N/W Albert Paris 101.6mi/ 163km South The battlefront from Gommecourt to Maricourt was approximately 30km/18.5mi 49 32 8 21 This map shows the divisions of the Men of Batley and Birstall who gave their lives for King and Country in the Battle of the Somme on 1 st July 1916. The yellow boxes which represent the individual divisions and the arrows indicate the direction of attack the divisions took at the beginning of the assault on the German lines. Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 2 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
Batley and Birstall Casualties on July 1 st 1916 Edward Barber 18 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 st Division Robert Birbeck 12 th Koyli Reg 31 st Division Herbert Booth 9 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Michael Broady 16 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 st Division James Edward Brook 1 st Scottish Borderers 29 th Division John Brooks 1 st Scottish Borderers 29 th Division John Cawthorne 8 th Koyli Reg 8 th Division Thomas Clegg 1/5 York/ Lancs Reg 49 th Division Danial Firth 1/4 Koyli Reg 49 th Division Joseph Wilfred Fox 10 th Koyli Reg 21 th Division Oliver Fozard 1/5 York/ Lancs Reg 49 st Division James Garner 10 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Joseph Hall 9 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Clifford Heald 8 th Koyli Reg 8 th Division Sam Heaps 12 th Koyli Reg 31 st Division Thomas Hirst 9 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Michael Hopkins 9 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Arthur Hudson 8 th Koyli Reg 8 th Division George Leather 9 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division John Lyons 1 st Scottish Borderers 29 st Division John Marchbanks 13 th York/ Lancs Reg 31 st Division John Thomas McMahon 16 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 th Division John Mould 10 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Ben Thornton Parker 15 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 th Division Benjamin Parkinson 8 th Koyli Reg 8 st Division Thompson Pollard 1/4 Koyli Reg 49 st Division Thomas Redgwick 2 nd Koyli Reg 32 st Division George Henry Ryan 12 th Koyli Reg 31 st Division John James Sayer 16 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 th Division John Smith 12 th Koyli Reg 31 st Division Albert Speight 16 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 st Division John Taylor 12 th Koyli Reg 31 st Division Norman Renshaw 9 th Koyli Reg 21 st Division Frank Ward 1/4 Koyli Reg 49 th Division Joseph Webber 8 th Koyli Reg 8 th Division Hugh Woods 15 th West Yorkshire Reg 31 st Division Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 3 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
Regiments supporting each Division 31 st Division 12 th KOYLI Reg Robert Birbeck Private Thiepval Memorial Pioneers Sam Heaps Private Thiepval Memorial Pioneers George Ryan Private Thiepval Memorial Pioneers John Smith Private Euston Rd Cemetery Colincamps Pioneers John Taylor Private Thiepval Memorial Pioneers 15 th West Yorkshire Reg Ben Parker Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade Hugh Woods Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade 16 th West Yorkshire Reg Michael Broady Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade John McMahon Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade John James Sayers Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade Albert Speight Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade 18 th West Yorkshire Reg Edward Barber Private Thiepval Memorial 93 rd Brigade 13 th York and Lancaster Reg John Marchbanks Private Queen Cemetery Puisieux Pas De Calais 94 th Brigade Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 4 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
29 th Division 1 st Kings Own Scottish Borderers James Brook Private Thiepval Memorial 87 th Brigade John Brooks Private Knightsbridge Cemetery Mesnil-Martinsart 87 th Brigade John Lyons Private Thiepval Memorial 87 th Brigade 49 th Division 1/4 KOYLI Reg Daniel Firth Private Thiepval Memorial 148 th Brigade Thompson Pollard Private Thiepval Memorial 148 th Brigade Frank Ward Private Thiepval Memorial 148 th Brigade 1/5 York and Lancaster Reg Thomas Clegg Private Thiepval Memorial 148 th Brigade Oliver Fozard Private Thiepval Memorial 148 th Brigade 32 nd Division 2 nd KOYLI Reg Thomas Redgwick Private Thiepval Memorial 97 th Brigade Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 5 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
8 th Division 8 th KOYLI Reg John Cawthorne Private Blighty Valley Cemetery Authuille Wood 70 th Brigade Thomas Heald Private Blighty Valley Cemetery Authuille Wood 70 th Brigade Arthur Hudson Private Thiepval Memorial 70 th Brigade Benjamin Parkinson Private Blighty Valley Cemetery Authuille Wood 70 th Brigade Joseph Webber Private Blighty Valley Cemetery Authuille Wood 70 th Brigade 21 st Division 9 th KOYLI Reg Herbert Booth Lance Corporal Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-la-Boisselle 64 th Infantry Brigade Joseph Hall Private Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-la-Boisselle 64 th Infantry Brigade Thomas Hirst Private Thiepval Memorial 64 th Infantry Brigade Michael Hopkins Private Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-la-Boisselle 64 th Infantry Brigade George Leather Private Thiepval Memorial 64 th Infantry Brigade Norman Renshaw Private Thiepval Memorial 64 th Infantry Brigade 10 th KOYLI Reg Joseph Fox Private Thiepval Memorial 64 th Infantry Brigade James Garner Private Thiepval Memorial 64 th Infantry Brigade John Mould Corporal Thiepval Memorial 64 th Infantry Brigade Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 6 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
Soldiers final Resting Places BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY John Cawthorne King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn Thomas Heald King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn Benjamin Parkinson King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn Joseph Webber King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, Ovillers-la-Boisselle Herbert Booth King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn Joseph Hall King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn Michael Hopkins King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn Other CEMETERIES John Smith King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Bn Euston Rd Cemetery Colincamps John Brooks King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn Knightsbridge Cemetery Mesnil-Martinsart John Marchbanks York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Bn Queen Cemetery Puisieux Pas De Calais Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 7 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
Soldiers Remembered by Memorial THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Edward Barber West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 18th Bn Robert Birbeck King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Bn Michael Broady West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 16th Bn James Brook King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn Thomas Clegg York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Bn Danial Firth King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn Joseph Fox King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Bn Oliver Fozard York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Bn James Garner King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Bn Sam Heaps King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Bn Thomas Hirst King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn Arthur Hudson King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Bn George Leather King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn John Lyons King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Bn John McMahon West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 16th Bn John Mould King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Bn Ben Parker West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Bn Thompson Pollard King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 8 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016
Thomas Redgwick King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn Norman Renshaw King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn George Ryan King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Bn John Sayers West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 16th Bn Albert Speight West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 16th Bn John Taylor King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Bn Frank Ward King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn Hugh Woods West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Bn Project BUGLE SOMME Campaign Page 9 of 9 Prepared JULY 2016